Jing'an Park () is a

park A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are urban green space, green spaces set aside for recreation inside t ...

located at the Western section of

Nanjing Road Nanjing Road (; Shanghainese The Shanghainese language, also known as the Shanghai dialect, or Hu language, is a variety of Wu Chinese spoken in the central districts of the City of Shanghai and its surrounding areas. It is classified ...

, just opposite the

Jing'an Temple Jing'an Temple () is an esoteric Chinese Esoteric Buddhism, Tangmi Buddhist temple on the Nanjing Road (Shanghai), West Nanjing Road in Shanghai. Jing'an District, where it is located, is named after the temple. History The original temple wa ...

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, China. It occupies the site of the former Bubbling Well Road Cemetery.

Location

The park is located at the crossing of

and Changshu Road, extending over the area south of Jing'an Temple Station.

Bubbling Well Cemetery

What today constitutes the Western section of Nanjing Road was originally called

Bubbling Well Road Nanjing Road (; Shanghainese: ''Noecin Lu'') is a road in Shanghai, the eastern part of which is the main shopping district of Shanghai. It is one of the world's busiest shopping streets, along with Fifth Avenue, Oxford Street, Orchard Road, T ...

. Bubbling Well Cemetery was opened in 1898 and closed in 1951 with redevelopment into a park taking place in 1954. There were approximately 5,500 total burials and approximately 1,350 cremation conducted in the cemetery. In the winter of 1953-54 the cemetery was reclaimed for redevelopment. There were 43 British naval and 13 British military graves. In the process of removal of the military graves the Chinese authorities deliberately obliterated all details other than names The lane of

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s down Jing'an Park's centre is a surviving feature of the former cemetery. The following people of note were buried or cremated in the cemetery: *

Edward Bamford Edward Bamford, (28 May 1887 – 30 September 1928) was a Royal Marines officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth of Nations, Commonweal ...

VC, DSO *

Nicholas John Hannen Sir Nicholas John Hannen (24 August 1842 – 27 April 1900) was a British barrister, diplomat and judge who served in China and Japan. He was the Chief Justice of the British Supreme Court for China and Japan from 1891 to 1900 and also served c ...

, Chief Justice of the

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(cremation) *

Laura Askew Haygood Laura Askew Haygood (October 14, 1845 – April 29, 1900) was an American educator and missionary from Georgia. A sister of Atticus Greene Haygood, she founded a school in Atlanta and served as a missionary in China. Early life Haygood was ...

, American Methodist missionary and educator *

Cecil Holliday Cecil Holliday was the Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council in 1906. He also served as commandant of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps. Biography Holliday was born in Kersemoor, Manchester in 1857, the youngest son of John Holliday. Holliday ...

, former chairman of the

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* John Prentice, former chairman of the

Hiram Parkes Wilkinson Hiram Parkes "Harrie" Wilkinson, KC (9 June 1866 – 1 April 1935) served as Crown Advocate of the British Supreme Court for China and Japan from 1897 to 1925. He was also Acting Assistant Judge of the British Court for Siam from 1903 to 1905 a ...

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of the

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* Dr. William O'Hara, husband of actress

May de Sousa May Alvos de Sousa (November 6, 1884 – August 8, 1948) was an American singer and a Broadway theatre, Broadway actress. Biography De Sousa was the daughter of a Chicago police detective,1900 U. S. Federal Census, accessed on ancestry.com on ...

* William Wirt Lockwood, General Secretary of the Shanghai Young Men's Christian Association

References

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